SF4461: Trumpet derivative with plate & fantail (Hattatt)BOW BROOCH

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BOW BROOCH

Unique ID: SF4461

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Copper-alloy brooch fragment, disc on bow type. Upper half only, broken below centre disc, pin incomplete. Wings are drilled to take copper-alloy axis bar and have single transverse moulding at terminals. Chain loop on top of head. Small lozengiform disc at mid bow, with only discoloured enamel fragments in centre dot and in ring. Very fresh break below and on pin. As Hattatt no 988 (Hull type 164) and Suffolk e.g. from WMH 005 (Allen). Width 14 mm, surviving length 22 mm.

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Class: Trumpet derivative with plate & fantail (Hattatt)

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 100
Date to: AD 199

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 22 mm
Width: 14 mm
Weight: 2.9 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st September 2000

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: SUFFOLK WICKHAM SKEITH

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Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Hattatt, R.	1987	Brooches of Antiquity: a third selection of brooches from the author's collection	Oxford	Oxbow Books	148-149

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Created: 23 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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